Unknown (Qumran)
Dead Sea Scrolls
2nd century BCE
Discovered between 1947 and 1956 in eleven caves at Qumran on the western shore of the Dead Sea, the Dead Sea Scrolls are some 900 ancient Jewish manuscripts copied onto parchment, papyrus, and copper between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD. Written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, they include the oldest surviving copies of most books of the Hebrew Bible, the community rule of the Essene sect, apocalyptic and sectarian works — together revolutionising modern biblical scholarship. The Israel Museum's dome-like 'Shrine of the Book' in Jerusalem is the principal repository and permanent display of the Scrolls.
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